A Sterling Renaissance – British silver design from the 1950’s to date

2025-04-08T09:45:12+01:00November 7th, 2024||

As part of our 'Silver Day' at the festival, join Silver Historian John Andrew for a fascinating talk on silver design. The story of the Renaissance  is unbelievable - a grumpy king, the controller of London Transport, civil servants galore, the Royal Navy’s Camouflage Directorate, an unemployed old Etonian, an architect, a fine painter, an [...]

Drawing Trees – Subtractive Drawing Workshop with Jessie Carr

2025-06-05T06:49:26+01:00November 7th, 2024||

Explore the techniques of subtractive drawing to capture the essence and structure of trees with artist and experienced tutor, Jessie Carr. What is subtractive drawing? Instead of the traditional drawing practice, graphite is added directly to the paper with your hand or cloth, drawing into the structure for depth, creating highlights  by removing material, revealing [...]

Junior ‘Have-a-Go’ Pot Throw

2025-03-27T13:25:41+00:00November 5th, 2024||

Give your youngster the experience of using a potter’s wheel to throw a pot in this fun 'Have-a-Go' session. There will be a demonstration first on how to throw a pot on the wheel, before having a go themselves with lots of support and guidance throughout. Suitable for complete beginners and even the smallest of [...]

An Introduction to En Plein Air Painting with Roger Dellar ROI, RSMA, RI, PS, WGA

2025-06-08T22:37:06+01:00November 5th, 2024||

For those who have some experience of painting in oils, but have little or no experience of painting outdoors and always fancied having a go! Roger Dellar is a member of the ROI, RSMA, RI, PS and the Wapping Group of Artists and is an extremely experienced tutor. Over this 2 day workshop, you will [...]

The Signatures – Northern Soul Live

2025-03-16T12:50:07+00:00November 4th, 2024|, |

Experience the soul-stirring magic of The Signatures, the official backing band for many of the Northern Soul original artists and featured house band on BBC 6 Music's The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show. Immerse yourself in the energy of a ten-piece live band, showcasing their exceptional talent in their own distinctive style. The Signatures, [...]

Experimental Print Day

2025-06-08T15:36:32+01:00November 4th, 2024|, |

Spend the day experimenting with 3 different fabric printing techniques with Liske Johnson (BA Hons Textile Design) & Claire Lundy (BA Hons Printed Textiles) from Littleheath Barn Studio. This is the perfect introduction to printing, where you will create a selection of printed fabric samples over the day to use in future projects. The three [...]

Children’s Cycle-delic Spin Painting 10:30am

2025-06-10T16:15:37+01:00October 31st, 2024||

A spin art-producing bicycle – a cross between a Rube Goldberg contraption and a Damien Hirst painting factory machine. Workshop participants add poster paint to cartridge paper mounted on a spinning platter, producing endlessly varied colourful outcomes to take home and keep. Children tend to make better spin-painters as they are fearless in their application [...]

Favola Flute & Harp Duo: From Fauré to Piazzolla

2025-03-16T12:41:26+00:00October 30th, 2024||

Favola take you on a musical journey in the beautiful atmospheric setting of Grade I-listed St Eadburgha's Church on the outskirts of Broadway. Programme: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Gluck Hypnosis - Ian Clarke Passaggio - Louis Anthony deLise Sicilenne - Fauré Histoire du Tango - Piazzolla Sonata for flute and harp - Nino [...]

Contemporary Still Life with Acrylic & Collage with Jan Munro

2025-06-08T15:31:27+01:00October 29th, 2024||

During this workshop students will learn about design and construction of a contemporary still life including how to incorporate collage and pattern, techniques in acrylic paint, colour palette and mixing, and how to move away from reality. This workshop is aimed at all levels, although a bit of experience in using acrylic paints would be [...]

Classical Alla Prima Portraits – The John Singer Sargent Approach with Peter Keegan

2025-03-16T10:07:08+00:00October 29th, 2024||

A 2 day portraiture oils workshop with professional artist & tutor, Peter Keegan. Working from photographs and inspired by the painterly approach to oil portrait painting used by great artists such as John Singer Sargent, who famously painted Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose in Broadway, Peter will guide and demonstrate the artistic principles and practices used [...]

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